BOWING to criticism from its six Republican members and others, Westchester's 17-member County Board of Legislators shelved a hastily prepared proposal last Monday to increase the stipend paid to the board chairman by 87.5percentt and give other committee chairmen hefty raises as well.
It has increased the stipends of 7500 postdoc fellowships it funds by 10% in each of the last 2 years, and it aims to raise them 10% a year through 2006.
Survivor relief organizations say the government program has increased the stipends for many survivors, but Roth says nothing has changed.
At the same time, he increased the stipend from $300 over eight weeks to $600 over six weeks.
Meanwhile, Marrett says, a proposed 5% increase in NSF's education spending from $847 million this year to $890 million in 2015 would be aimed at increasing the stipend amounts for NSF's graduate research fellowships, which provide 3-year fellowships with an annual stipend of $32,000, plus an allowance to universities.
While sustaining the Primary Education Stipend Programme (PESP), the study called for increasing the stipend amount for children in higher grades to cover increasing education costs and reduce dropout rates.
In response, NIH announced this past August that it would increase the starting stipends of postdoctoral fellows on the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards NRSAA)—one of NIH's bread-and-butter training awards to $47,484 from $43,692.
Mr. Ryan, the board chairman, said action must be taken to increase the chairman's stipend.
His plan would increase the monthly education stipend, to $1,500 a month from the current $1,100 maximum.
Currently, NIH is engaged in an effort to increase the starting level of stipends by 10% each year until they reach a goal of $45,000.
